In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown